The Adab amongst Shuyukh
بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ The following is adapted from Shaykh Shams Ira Friedlander’s “When You Hear Hoof Beats, Think of a Zebra”. There is a special adab , proper spiritual behaviour, between shuyukh of dervish orders. A man wanted to be a dervish. He went to see Mawlana Baha’ ad-Din Muhammad al-Walad ( q.s. ), better known as Sulthan Walad, the son of Mawlana Jalal ad-Din Muhammad ar-Rumi ( q.s. ), in Konya, who was then the head of the Mawlawi Order. Sulthan Walad ( q.s. ) said, " al-Hamdulillah , all Praise is for Allah. Come, bring a sheep, and we will make a feast.” The man left, and the next Thursday he was supposed to bring a sheep. He was a thief. That was his job, so he stole a sheep. He threw the sheep over his shoulders, and walked up to the door of the tekke . Sulthan Walad ( q.s. ) stopped him and said, “Wait! That sheep cannot be cooked in our pots. You cannot be a dervish with our ...